Tracing the genetic legacy in the French Caribbean islands
A study of mitochondrial and Y‐chromosome lineages in the Guadeloupe archipelago
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OBJECTIVES: The history of the Caribbean region is marked by numerous and various successive migration waves that resulted in a global blending of African, European, and Amerindian lineages. As the origin and genetic composition of the current population of French Caribbean islands has not been studied to date, we used both mitochondrial DNA and Y-chromosome markers to complete the characterization of the dynamics of admixture in the Guadeloupe archipelago. MATERIALS AND METHODS: We sequenced the mitochondrial hypervariable regions and genotyped mitochondrial and Y-chromosomal single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) of 198 individuals from five localities of the Guadeloupe archipelago. RESULTS: The maternal haplogroups revealed a blend of 85% African lineages (mainly traced to Western, West-Central, and South-Eastern Africa), 12.5% Eurasian lineages, and 0.5% Amerindian lineages. We highlighted disequilibria between European paternal contribution (44%) and European maternal contribution (7%), pointing out an important sexual asymmetry. Finally, the estimated Native American component was strikingly low and supported the near-extinction of native lineages in the region. DISCUSSION: We confirmed that all historically known migratory events indeed left a visible genetic imprint in the contemporary Caribbean populations. The data gathered clearly demonstrated the significant impact of the transatlantic slave trade on the Guadeloupean population's constitution. Altogether, the data in our study confirm that in the Caribbean region, human population variation is correlated with colonial and postcolonial policies and unique island histories
Allele · Archipelago · Biological dispersal · Biology · Caribbean region · Ethnology · Evolutionary biology · Gene · Gene pool · Genetic diversity · Geography · Haplogroup · Haplotype · Human migration · Latin Americans · Mitochondrial DNA · Population · Population genetics · Demography · Ecology · Forensic and Genetic Research · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Genetics · History · Race, Genetics, and Society
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